So, as I wrote this it seemed like it would be a shorter chapter, but now that it's done it's actually one of the longest ones in this story! And sadly, this is the beginning of the end, and there won't be that many chapters left. The last bit of this story will probably be pure fluff, between the team, and the league interacting with the team.
Robin breathed a sigh of relief when the Batplane came into view. His ribs were hurting again and he just felt battered and bruised all over. Ignoring his discomfort for the moment, he immediately climbed up his mentor's cape and balanced on his shoulder. Batman glanced at him curiously at this. "Are you hurt?" He asked quietly as he sat back down in the pilot's seat and began to fly the plane towards the Hall of justice. Robin nodded slightly, too tired to bother denying it anymore. He relaxed as gloved fingers gently ran through his fur, feeling for any broken bones or cuts.
He couldn't help a quiet hiss when they brushed against his hurt ribs. "They don't seem to be broken, just bruised. anything other than the ribs?" Robin shook his head and he could feel his mentor relax a little bit. He was carefully lifted off of Batman's shoulder and moved so he was curled up against his chest instead. The action was unusual for him to do, but Robin just assumed it was because he had been worried. Robin smirked at his teammate's confusion and shock but did nothing to explain that yes, Batman did have feelings, and no, he wasn't actually as scary as he liked everyone else to think.
The flight didn't take long, and soon enough they were all walking through the deserted halls of the Hall of Justice, heading towards the Zeta Platform. When Batman reached it, he carefully set Robin down on the control panel and got to work reprogramming it so it would recognize the transformed teens. Every once and a while, Robin would notice something he missed and quickly add it in. Soon enough, it worked and they quickly teleported to the watchtower.
Black Canary was there waiting for them, and a relieved smile broke across her face when she saw them. She quickly scanned them all over, and finally stood up. "I think its best all of you head down the med bay, just in case." They nodded and followed Batman into the Med bay hallway. He walked into one of the bigger rooms, with enough beds for all of them. Black Canary moved from teen to teen, checking them over for injuries. She started with Artemis and cleaned the cut, but it was small so she didn't have to do much. Conner and M'gann were fine, Kaldur had a pulled muscle in his back right leg, but there wasn't much she could do for that. Wally was just exhausted, but there wasn't any lasting damage. When she got to Robin she was shocked. He had severe bruising across his ribs and even a few fractured ones. "Robin! How did this happen! you have severe bruising around your entire ribcage."
Robin saw Wally flinch when he heard that, and the others looked shocked. 'WHAT! You were SO not fine!' Artemis shouted in the mind link. Rovin winced at the barrage of surprised outbursts and that caused them to stop. 'Look, guys, I just didn't want to waste time. We had to get away, and if you knew, then you would have wanted to go slower and I couldn't risk that.' That had an effect. Before the discussion could continue, Batman coughed and caused most of the team to freeze. "There isn't anything left to do besides waiting for the transformation to wear off. I recommend you all get some rest." Then he swept out of the room.
Black Canary followed soon after and that left the team on their own. Wally walked over to the bed that Robin was on and carefully jumped on. 'what do they expect us to do while we wait to transform back?' He asked as he got comfortable, sprawling across the sheets. 'I don't know about you, but I'm going to sleep."
Robin curled up tightly and finally completely relaxed. They were all safe, Batman was in the next room, and everything would be just fine. He noticed movement around him and realized it was Wally when he saw a spotted tail curl around in front of him. He felt soft fur behind him and leaned into it slightly. He was still connected in the mind link, and he heard M'gann gush over how adorable he was. Knowing there was nothing he could do about it, he let her have her fun.
When he woke up, he was laying on something warm, and it felt more like fabric than fur. He also noticed hands clutching him tightly. Blinking open his eyes, he saw bright red gloves covering then hands he had noticed before, and he was laying on something bright yellow. blinking a few more times, he saw familiar bright red hair. He let out a loud meow and tried to jump to his feet, but Wally wouldn't let go.
He continued with his attempts to wake up his friend, and after a while, it worked. Robin waited patiently as bright green eyes blinked open and looked at him in confusion. "Rob...?" Wally's voice was ruff from not using it for so long. Finally, his eyes widened in realization. "I'm back!" Robin yelped in surprise when Wally lifted him into the air and held in at arm's length. "Finally!" He dropped his arms back down and finally let go. Robin huffed indignantly and carefully shook himself, wincing at the ache in his ribs. Wally watched and Robin could see the guilt in his eyes and glared at him.
He really wished he could just yell at Wally and beat it through that thick skull that it was not his fault, it was Cadmus who did this. Instead, he had to settle for poking him with his claws. "Hey! What was that for!" Shaking his head, Wally carefully got up, Robin clutched to his chest. Robin closed his eyes as Wally sped to the kitchen, trying to keep from flinching because of the brief increase in pressure. He skidded to a stop in the doorway and Robin saw a grin break out across his face. "Uncle Barry!" Flash turned around when he heard and sped over, engulfing the speedster in a hug, careful to not crush Robin. Wally set his friend on his shoulder when he was released from the bear hug. "When did this happen?" Flash asked, gesturing at the teen. Robin noticed Wally almost shrugged but was grateful that he didn't. "Don't know, I just woke up and I was back to normal." Then his eyes widened. "I didn't even check to see if anyone else is back to normal! Obviously Rob isn- Ow!" He cut off as Robin extended his claws again.
"Jeez, what is it with you and scratching me." He said, poking The small cat in the chest. He turned back to flash again. "Do you guys have any idea when the transformation will wear off for anyone else? or am I gonna be the only one for a while?" Flash just shrugged, smiling. "Dunno kid, I'm just glad your back." He ruffled Wally's hair slightly before running out of the room, probably to tell the other leaguers about the good news. As Wally walked back to towards the rooms with the others at a more normal speed, Robin scrambled onto his head, settling down on his hair.
When they got back to the room, they saw that everyone else was just waking up, and none of them were back to normal yet. "Guys! Guess what!" Wally spread his arms wide and grinned. "I'm Back!" They all blinked at him tiredly, then seemed to realize something. 'I can't add him to the link anymore...' M'gann thought, confused. 'Maybe because he's back to normal? I mean, you couldn't add the leaguers to the link..." Robin said, laying his head down. Wally looked at them in confusion, then his face fell. "You can't add me to the link now, can you..." M'gann shook her head and he sighed. "Great, now I have nobody to talk to..." Robin let out a soft meow, reminding his friend that he was still there. "Yeah, but it's not the same if you can't exactly talk back."
Before they could continue, The door slid open and Batman walked into the room. "Kid Flash, you are to head home and try to get all the work you missed, you can come back once you do that, but we can't have all of you missing, in both your hero and civilian lives." Robin braced himself as he felt Wally nod. As redhead moved to leave, Batman stopped him. "Robin must stay here until he has returned to normal or I say otherwise." Robin pouted as Wally lifted him off his head and set him on the bed. He watched sadly as his friend walked out the door.
As I said in the beginning, This is the beginning of the end. The team will begin changing back in the following chapters, but the fluff will continue, and they will all realize what they have learned from the experience. Now that this is fluff and adorableness, if there are any cute moments you want in here, go ahead and let me know. If it fits with what I'm planning than I'll go ahead and put it in. If I don't, just know that I still appreciate your input, but i just couldn't find a way to fit it in with my story. Later on, I might write a few one-shots taking place while the team was still animals, or maybe they get changed into animals again later... not sure yet.
Anyway, Thanks for reading!